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Posts tagged with 'president' at MetaFilter.Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:14:48 -0800Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:14:48 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60"this is the President Obama who has been developing for some time."http://www.metafilter.com/151397/this%2Dis%2Dthe%2DPresident%2DObama%2Dwho%2Dhas%2Dbeen%2Ddeveloping%2Dfor%2Dsome%2Dtime
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/15/the-black-president-some-worried-about-has-arrived/">The black president some worried about has arrived</a> <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/obama-on-the-hoofbeats-of-history">Obama On The Hoofbeats Of History</a> - "As the budget deficit has receded from public view, Obama's fucks deficit has come to the forefront. After six and a half years in office, he may have a small stockpile of fucks left. But he has none left to give. " tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.151397Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:14:48 -0800the man of twists and turns"And I promise, I will never be in a bicycle race—that I can tell you."http://www.metafilter.com/150524/And%2DI%2Dpromise%2DI%2Dwill%2Dnever%2Dbe%2Din%2Da%2Dbicycle%2Dracethat%2DI%2Dcan%2Dtell%2Dyou
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/politics/donald-trump-runs-for-president-this-time-for-real-he-says.html">Real-estate mogul and reality-television star Donald Trump said Tuesday he will seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States. <small>[New York Times]</small></a> <blockquote>The garrulous real estate developer whose name has adorned apartment buildings, hotels, Trump-brand neckties and Trump-brand steaks, announced on Tuesday his entry into the 2016 presidential race, brandishing his wealth and fame as chief qualifications in an improbable quest for the Republican nomination.</blockquote> <strong>Related:</strong>
- Donald Trump on the Issues. <small>[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/politics/donald-trump-on-the-issues.html?ref=topics">New York Times</a>]</small>
- The 10 best lines from Donald Trump's announcement speech. <small>[<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/donald-trump-2016-announcement-10-best-lines-119066.html#ixzz3dKL5z8eE">Politco</a>]</small>
- The Secret to Donald Trump's Hair. <small>[<a href="http://time.com/3923297/donald-trump-hair-secret/">TIME</a>]</small>
- Neil Young Is Displeased That Donald Trump Was 'Rockin' In The Free World' <small>[<a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/17/415158962/neil-young-is-displeased-that-donald-trump-was-rockin-in-the-free-world">NPR</a>]</small>
<blockquote>"Donald Trump was not authorized to use "Rockin' In The Free World" in his presidential candidacy announcement. Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for President of the United States of America."</blockquote>
- Trump Tramples Facts <small>[<a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2015/06/trump-tramples-facts/">FactCheck.org</a>]</small>
<blockquote>• Trump claimed that economic growth has "never" been below zero until last quarter's drop, which is far from true. It has been below zero 42 times since 1946.
• He said "there are no jobs" to be had. In fact, there were 5.4 million job openings recorded at the end of April, the most in 15 years.
• He said the "real" unemployment rate is "anywhere from 18 to 20 percent" and "maybe even 21 percent." We see no factual basis for this opinion.
• He boasted he would have blocked new Ford plants in Mexico by threatening to impose a 35 percent tax on vehicles and parts made in Mexico and shipped to the U.S. But only Congress can impose taxes and such a tax would violate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
• Trump claimed the five Taliban leaders exchanged for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are now back on the battlefield trying to kill us." But all five remain in Qatar, where they continue to be monitored and are subject to a travel ban, according to the State Department.
• He also made the misleading claim that health care premium costs are going "up 29, 39, 49 and even 55 percent." He's talking about some proposed rate increases on the individual market that still need regulatory approval. There are also proposed rate decreases or single-digit increases that did not have to be submitted for review.</blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.150524Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:09:39 -0800FizzJeb - the musical!http://www.metafilter.com/150458/Jeb%2Dthe%2Dmusical
As we approach the final 500 days to the 2016 US presidential election, and with a smorgasbord of <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/2016-election/384828/">POTUS wannabes</a>, John Ellis Bush has revealed, <a href="https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/610063493237084160">through the medium of the Twitter</a>, his campaign logo. A day before the bid of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/14/jeb-bush-logo-2016-launch-republicans-florida">"Veto Corleone"</a> is launched in Florida, and a day after Hillary Clinton formally launched her campaign <a href="http://time.com/3920332/transcript-full-text-hillary-clinton-campaign-launch/">through a rally</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Czech_ItOut/status/609881175952199680">smalltown networking</a>, Jeb is <a href="http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/us-politics/us-presidential-election-2016/republican-candidate">the betting favorite</a> to be the Republican candidate, with strong showings for Marco Rubio and Scott Walker. He's also <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/jeb-bush-on-pace-to-raise-100-million-118850.html">raised a bit of money</a>; however, this hasn't been spent on a <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/610096036120539136">completely new logo</a> (also <a href="https://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/610065596261208065">here</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/IMAO_/status/610077919285637121">here</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/indieduckie/status/610127915469156353">here</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/digimatized/status/610068784104271872">possibly here</a>). Parodies are <a href="https://twitter.com/MisterJayEm/status/610077839384256512">also starting</a>, as are <a href="https://twitter.com/NellSco/status/610126127307173888">enhancements</a>. Despite this, Hillary remains the <a href="http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/us-politics/us-presidential-election-2016/winner">clear favorite</a> to be the next POTUS, with George Clooney <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/229167-golden-globe-viewers-clooney-for-president-in-2016">a 150/1 outsider</a> at several bookmakers). tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.150458Sun, 14 Jun 2015 10:02:37 -0800WordshoreGOOGLE WAKA FLOCKA 2016http://www.metafilter.com/150050/GOOGLE%2DWAKA%2DFLOCKA%2D2016
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/waka-flocka-flame-for-president-watch-his-exclusive-campaign-video-20150420"><em>I'm Waka Flocka Flame, and I approve this message.</em></a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.150050Fri, 29 May 2015 18:19:37 -0800not_on_displayGrowth Over Allhttp://www.metafilter.com/148886/Growth%2DOver%2DAll
<a href="http://fusion.net/story/119891/cooper-union-will-jamshed-bharucha-go-quietly/">Journalist Felix Salmon brings us up to speed on the increasingly strange and complicated saga of The Cooper Union School For The Advancement Of Science And Art</a>, one of the last historically free schools in the US for Art, Architecture and Engineering, which may be brought down by <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/05/19/cooper-unions-shameless-trustees/">shameless trustees</a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/nyregion/cooper-union-offers-to-let-president-go-as-part-of-deal-with-state-attorney-general.html?_r=1">incompetent management</a>, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-is-investigating-cooper-union-1427244617">the State Attorney General,</a> or<a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/04/29/the-tragedy-of-cooper-union/"> pure greed</a>. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/127318/free-as-air-and-water">Cooper Union charging tuition previously</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/122632/Great-Wealth-Is-A-Public-Trust">Cooper Union students occupying the president's office previously</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.148886Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:49:48 -0800The WhelkAll the presidents' delightfully awkward first pitcheshttp://www.metafilter.com/148629/All%2Dthe%2Dpresidents%2Ddelightfully%2Dawkward%2Dfirst%2Dpitches
<a href="http://theweek.com/captured/546837/all-presidents-delightfully-awkward-first-pitches">Photographs</a> of America's most powerful men throwing the ceremonial first pitch gives some indication of why they got into politics. <small>via NPR's <a href="http://npr.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.148629Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:38:14 -0800sacrifixIf at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.http://www.metafilter.com/148488/If%2Dat%2Dfirst%2Dyou%2Ddont%2Dsucceed%2Dtry%2Dtry%2Dtry%2Dagain
<a href="http://saharareporters.com/2015/03/31/jonathan-statement-presidential-election">Incumbent President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan today conceded defeat</a> in last weekend's election, and <a href="http://www.nigerianeye.com/2015/03/breaking-news-jonathan-congratulates.html">called President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him</a>. The election has generally <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/31/buhari-claims-victory-in-historic-nigerian-vote.html"> appeared to be the fairest in Nigeria's history</a> and mostly free of the <a href="http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2015/01/21/nigerias-elections-in-2011-and-2015/">bloodshed of Jonathan's 2011 defeat of Buhari</a>; this transition will mark Nigeria's first transfer of power to an opposition party after an election. Buhari's presidency will be his second administration as leader of Nigeria after acting as the head of a military junta from 1983 to 1985.</a> During his previous administration, Buhari implemented an austere <a href="http://www.dawodu.com/buhari.htm">Campaign Against Indiscipline</a>, and once <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikko_affair">conspired with Mossad to have a former government official accused of embezzling billions kidnapped in London</a>, anesthetized, and attempted to be be shipped back to Nigeria in a crate that was meant to have been marked as a diplomatic pouch. Today he leads the <a href="http://www.allprogressivescongress.org/">All Progressives Congress</a> party, a coalition of what had been Nigeria's largest opposition parties, after coming in second place as a presidential candidate in elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011 at the head of various predecessor parties.
Jonathan's defeat <a href="http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32136295">has been attributed</a> to frustration with his inability to stop the atrocities of Boko Haram in the northeast and the failure of most Nigerians to benefit from recent economic growth; <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/19/social-media-plays-key-role-in-nigerian-elections.html">Al Jazeera America reports on the role that social media and citizen journalism</a> have played in the election. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.148488Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:39:49 -0800strangely stunted treesThe Road from Westphaliahttp://www.metafilter.com/148458/The%2DRoad%2Dfrom%2DWestphalia
<a href="http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/?fa=18">Jessica T. Matthews</a> <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/mar/19/road-from-westphalia/">reviews</a> Henry Kissinger's "<a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143062/wolfgang-ischinger/the-world-according-to-kissinger">World Order</a>" and <a href="http://mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-society/view-page">Bret Stephen</a>'s "<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/01/america-in-retreat-why-neo-isolationism-exploded-under-obama-and-what-we-can-do-about-it.html">America In Retreat</a>": <blockquote>Almost from the beginning of its history, America has struggled to find a balance in its foreign policy between narrowly promoting its own security and idealistically serving the interests of others; between, as we've tended to see it in shorthand, Teddy Roosevelt's big stick and the ideals of Woodrow Wilson. Just as consistently, the US has gone through periods of embracing a leading international role for itself and times when Americans have done all they could to turn their backs on the rest of the world.
<a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/mar/19/road-from-westphalia/">Two new books now join this never-ending debate</a>.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/can-u-s-foreign-policy-be-saved/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-u-s-foreign-policy-be-saved">Can U.S. Foreign Policy Be Saved?</a>
for lighter fare, <i>Overthinking It</i>: <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2014/04/24/adventure-time-foreign-policy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OverthinkingIt+%28Overthinking+It%29">What time is it? Foreign Policy Time! Lemonhope and the conundrum of freedom</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.148458Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:23:42 -0800the man of twists and turnsObama Selma Speechhttp://www.metafilter.com/147700/Obama%2DSelma%2DSpeech
President Barack Obama <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVAZp1j0tKc">delivers a speech</a> to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Alabama. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.147700Sat, 07 Mar 2015 13:22:14 -0800(Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) OatesEckerd College paper schools it's college president on sexual assaulthttp://www.metafilter.com/144870/Eckerd%2DCollege%2Dpaper%2Dschools%2Dits%2Dcollege%2Dpresident%2Don%2Dsexual%2Dassault
President of Eckerd college Donald Eastman III wrote a<a href="http://theonlinecurrent.com/an-open-letter-to-students-president-eastman-emails-eckerd-community-about-sexual-assault-and-harassmenton-on-campus/"> letter to the students about preventing sexual assault</a>. His recommendation? Less alcohol and less casual sex. The college's student paper, The Current,<a href="http://theonlinecurrent.com/an-open-letter-to-the-eckerd-community-the-currents-response-to-president-eastmans-an-open-letter-to-students/"> responds in a civil, well spoken and cogent rebuttal.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144870Thu, 27 Nov 2014 05:11:05 -0800asavageWho is Barack Obama?http://www.metafilter.com/144301/Who%2Dis%2DBarack%2DObama
How might President Obama's leadership style be rooted in his psychology? Psychoanalysts <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/opinion/maybe-washington-needs-more-craziness.html?pagewanted=all">Nasir Ghaemi</a>, <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/making-sense-people/201108/who-is-barack-obama">Samuel Barondes</a>, and <a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/97758/obama-insular-psychology">Justin Frank</a> venture opinions, and writer Robert Merry applies a framework from <a href="http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-psychology-barack-obama-9244?page=show">political psychology</a>.
(<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/what-happened-to-obamas-passion.html?pagewanted=all">psychoanalyst Drew Westen</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/106283/Second-tenor-highest-riser-blessed-clever-compromiser">previously</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144301Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:38:55 -0800shivohum"What Does Joan Say?": The question that the president habitually askedhttp://www.metafilter.com/143920/What%2DDoes%2DJoan%2DSay%2DThe%2Dquestion%2Dthat%2Dthe%2Dpresident%2Dhabitually%2Dasked
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/us/joan-quigley-astrologer-to-a-first-lady-is-dead-at-87.html?_r=0">Joan Quigley has passed away on Tuesday at the age of 87.</a> Brought on as an advisor in response to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, she had been in contact with the First Lady up to three times a day via private lines set up for her at the White House and Camp David. The President is said to have asked his wife "What does Joan say?" habitually. Donald Regan, Chief of Staff in the Reagan White House, wrote that "Virtually every major move and decision the Reagans made during my time as White House chief of staff was cleared in advance with <i>(Quigley)</i>". She was an astrologer. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143920Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:50:23 -0800FlunkieThe people who take the bullethttp://www.metafilter.com/143274/The%2Dpeople%2Dwho%2Dtake%2Dthe%2Dbullet
The United States Secret Service finds itself deep in turmoil, with Director Julia Pierson <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pierson-failed-to-provide-fresh-start-for-secret-service-that-administration-wanted/2014/10/01/51a642a2-49a8-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html">resigning this week after an increasingly alarming series of security failures and oversights in the agency's role protecting the President of the United States</a>.
Pierson had been widely criticized for scaling back security around the White House, during international summits, and a recent visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She startled supervisors with her view that the Secret Service needed "to be more like Disney World. We need to be more friendly, inviting." (multiple WaPo links) The<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-fence-jumper-made-it-far-deeper-into-building-than-previously-known/2014/09/29/02efd53e-47ea-11e4-a046-120a8a855cca_story.html?hpid=z1"> most recent failure</a> involved a White House intruder who jumped the fence with a knife and made it inside the Presidential mansion before being <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-intruder-was-tackled-by-off-duty-secret-service-agent/2014/09/30/052fb86c-48b4-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html">tackled by an off-duty Secret Service agent</a>. This despite initial reports from the Secret Service that the intruder had "quickly detained" just inside the front door. Amongst other things, the intruder was able to get so deep into the White House because an alarm meant to alert agents to intruders had been turned off because ushers had complained it was noisy.
Perhaps even more alarmingly, it was <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/armed-former-convict-was-on-elevator-with-obama-in-atlanta/2014/09/30/76d7da24-48e3-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html">recently revealed</a> that the Secret Service had allowed an armed private security contract <strong>with a criminal record</strong> to ride in an elevator with President Obama during a trip to Atlanta.
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/10/01/meet-joseph-clancy-the-new-acting-secret-service-chief/">Joseph Clancy</a>, retired agent who was the head of the president's protection division until 2011, has taken over as acting interim director. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143274Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:00:24 -0800dry white toastPoland, 2011: DVD, title: "Best of the Witcher 2"http://www.metafilter.com/141654/Poland%2D2011%2DDVD%2Dtitle%2DBest%2Dof%2Dthe%2DWitcher%2D2
Countries like to give President Barack Obama gifts. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/04/every-gift-given-to-barack-obama-between-2009-and-2012-ranked/?hpid=z4">The Washington Post catalogued and ranked them for us:</a>
<blockquote>It's really a funny collection of presents, for which, were you asked <em>To what sort of person was this gift given?</em>, you'd likely have a wide variety of responses. Argentina gave Obama a silver dagger in a display box in 2012, perhaps confusing the president with their 13-year-old nephew. Britain gave the family a shawl and some kids clothes in 2009, playing the role of America's eccentric aunt.</blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141654Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:24:49 -0800quadrilateralsWe Shall Overcomehttp://www.metafilter.com/140435/We%2DShall%2DOvercome
Today is the 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act, and to commemorate, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library hosted in April a <a href="http://www.civilrightssummit.org/">Civil Rights Summit</a>, featuring dozens of civil rights luminaries as well as Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and President Barack Obama. George H.W. Bush, unfortunately, could not attend for health reasons.
The Summit went from April 8th to April 10th and featured dozens of speakers ranging from civil rights leaders themselves to athletes, authors, scholars, historians, musicians, and of course, four living presidents. The summit was recorded and can be viewed below.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz-o2ygu6Hg">April 8th, Afternoon Panels</a>:
"Gay Marriage: A Civil Right? As the issue of gay marriage is decided in courts across the country, two ideologically disparate attorneys discuss their joint effort in arguing against California's Proposition 8 before the U.S. Supreme Court."
Featuring
David Boies - Attorney
Theodore B. Olson - Attorney and former U.S. Solicitor General
"Pathway to the American Dream: Immigration Policy in the 21st Century An examination of the complex issue of immigration in 21st century America"
Featuring
Haley Barbour - Former Governor of Mississippi
Julián Castro - Mayor of San Antonio
"Music and Social Consciousness An exploration of music as a catalyst for social change, featuring two Rock and Roll Hall of Famers"
Featuring
Graham Nash - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter
Mavis Staples - Grammy Award-winning singer and civil rights activist
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fF14ceTrBw">April 8th, Evening: A Conversation with Former President Jimmy Carter</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0orJFc_2gvg">April 9th, Afternoon Panels:</a>
"LBJ and MLK: Fulfilling a Promise, Realizing a Dream An inside look at the consequential and complex partnership between President Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the issue of civil rights "
Featuring
Taylor Branch - Historian and Author
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. - Special Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson
Doris Kearns Goodwin - Pulitzer Prize winning author and member of Johnson White House Staff
Andrew Young - Former Congressman and United Nations Ambassador
"Sports: Leveling the Playing Field Presented by the McGarr Symposium on Sports and Society Hall of Famers Jim Brown and Bill Russell look back at their efforts to use their platforms in football and basketball, respectively, to raise awareness for civil rights"
Featuring
Jim Brown - Hall of Fame running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns
Bill Russell - Hall of Fame center for the NBA Boston Celtics
"Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: Views from the Front Line Three civil rights legends look back at the movement they helped to forge, and how it continues to resonate in America today, while exploring the civil rights issues of the 21st century"
Featuring
Julian Bond - Former Chairman, NAACP
John Lewis - U.S Representative, Georgia
Andrew Young - Former Congressman and United Nations Ambassador
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGwtQw_BnjA">April 9th, Evening: Address by Former President William Jefferson Clinton</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dZAsEyQGYc">April 10th, Afternoon: Keynote Address by the President of the United States Barack Obama, followed by panels.</a>
"Social Justice in the 21st Century: Empowering Minds, Changing Hearts, and Inspiring Service Leaders in social justice issues of today discuss their initiatives to direct 21st century social change."
Featuring
Shirley Franklin - Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and former Mayor of Atlanta
Lex Frieden - Professor of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
David Robinson - Hall of Fame center for the NBA San Antonio Spurs and honored philanthropist
Maria Shriver - Humanitarian, journalist and former First Lady of California
Steve Stoute - Founder and CEO, Translation
"Education: The Ultimate Civil Right A conversation on the state of education today, its obstacles and opportunities."
Featuring
Bob Schieffer - CBS News reporter and host of "Face the Nation"
George Miller - U.S. Representative, California
Margaret Spellings - President, George W. Bush Presidential Center and former Secretary of Education
Finally, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuGWme2bsk0">April 10th, Evening: Address by and Conversation with Former President George W. Bush</a>, which concluded the summit. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140435Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:52:07 -0800Ndwright"I sorely wished for some sign of understanding from the feminist camp."http://www.metafilter.com/139441/I%2Dsorely%2Dwished%2Dfor%2Dsome%2Dsign%2Dof%2Dunderstanding%2Dfrom%2Dthe%2Dfeminist%2Dcamp
<em> I have lived many of the questions that have become central to our national discourse since 1998. How far should we allow the government into our bedrooms? How do we reconcile the right to privacy with the need to expose sexual indiscretion? How do we guard against an overzealous government demanding our private data and information? And, most important to me personally, how do we cope with the shame game as it's played in the Internet Age?</em> - <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture.print">Monica Lewinsky for <em>Vanity Fair</em></a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139441Wed, 28 May 2014 13:15:19 -0800porn in the woodsNew York joins the National Popular Votehttp://www.metafilter.com/138419/New%2DYork%2Djoins%2Dthe%2DNational%2DPopular%2DVote
The US is a little closer to a popular vote for president. Governor Cuomo <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/04/8543736/cuomo-signs-national-popular-vote-bill">added New York State</a> to the <a href="http://nationalpopularvote.com/">National Popular Vote</a> interstate compact. Wait. <a href="http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/national-popular-vote/what-is-the-national-popular-vote-plan/#2">Why isn't a constitutional amendment required?</a>
Ok but--does this actually matter to election results? Well, <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/04/national-popular-vote-new-york-state-climbs-aboard.html"> it's obviously outrageous when the candidate who gets more votes somehow loses to the one who gets fewer. But that doesn't happen very often...What's more outrageous is what happens every time: four-fifths of the states are ignored in the general election.</a>
Sure, New York is jealous of Iowa during election season. But the official state line is that <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/press/04152014-national-popular-vote-compact">"By signing this legislation, Governor Cuomo seeks to guarantee that every vote in every state will matter in every presidential election."</a>
The agreement now has the support of 11 jurisdictions possessing 165 electoral votes. 77 electoral votes' worth of states are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact#Currently_active_bills">currently debating joining.</a> Once states with at least 105 more electoral votes pass it, <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/04/17/can-national-popular-vote-end-the-voting-wars/">we will hold a presidential election in which, for the first time in U.S. history, every vote in every state will count equally.</a>
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The William Jefferson Clinton Library has been <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/27/clinton-library-to-release-first-batch-of-confidential-memos-friday/">releasing</a>, in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/politics/clinton-library-memos/">batches</a>, thousands of <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/02/28/thousands-of-pages-of-secret-clinton-white-house-memos-to-be-released/">pages</a> of <a href="http://clintonlibrary.gov/formerlywithhelddocuments.html">previously classified documents</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.137480Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:58:33 -0800roomthreeseventeenAre you a bad enough dude to be the President?http://www.metafilter.com/136891/Are%2Dyou%2Da%2Dbad%2Denough%2Ddude%2Dto%2Dbe%2Dthe%2DPresident
<a href="http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/">The Campaign Trail - Can you win the US presidential elections of 2012, 1968, and 1896?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.136891Sun, 23 Feb 2014 08:06:51 -0800rollickThe Era of Big Metafilter is Overhttp://www.metafilter.com/136111/The%2DEra%2Dof%2DBig%2DMetafilter%2Dis%2DOver
Tonight, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/01/13/get-ready-president-obama-s-2014-state-union-address">President Barack Obama will deliver his 2014 State of the Union address.</a> A stream will be available <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/SOTU">via the White House</a> and from many other outlets. The address comes at a challenging time when the President's <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/01/26/obama-washington-post-abc-news-state-of-the-union/4912897/">poll numbers remain weak (though recovering)</a> and Republicans appear to be in a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/27/republicans-have-a-44-chance-of-taking-the-senate-but-it-may-be-much-higher/">strong position to make gains</a> during the 2014 midterm elections. The President did not have much success in convincing Congress to follow the agenda he set out in his 2013 speech:
<blockquote><em><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/politics/state-of-the-union-sales-pitch/">In fact, Obama failed to get any of his top 2013 State of the Union priorities through Congress.</a> Congress ignored his calls for a new jobs program, for new gun controls and for sweeping immigration reform.
Because of that, the 2014 speech is viewed by strategists in both parties as part of a defining test: Can Obama rebuild his standing enough to force action on some of his priorities, or will 2014 instead be remembered as another frustrating year of gridlock and the gateway to "lame duck" status?</em></blockquote>
<a href="http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/27/22471530-nbc-news-poll-pessimism-defines-the-state-of-the-union?lite">Polling</a> may suggest he is facing an uphill battle:
<blockquote><em>As President Barack Obama enters his sixth year in the White House, 68 percent of Americans say the country is either stagnant or worse off since he took office, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Most respondents used words like "divided," "troubled," and "deteriorating" to describe the current state of the nation.</em></blockquote>
Initial reports are that the speech <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-speech-to-focus-on-income-inequality-immigration/1839152.html">will focus heavily on issues related to income inequality, social mobility</a>, and <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obama-state-of-the-union-immigration-reform">immigration reform</a>. President Obama will discuss his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/business/job-aid-zones-face-a-new-test-in-coal-country.html">Promise Zone initiative</a> to provide federal help to targeted areas of the country that have been falling behind in the current economy. The President will also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/us/politics/obama-state-of-the-union.html">highlight an executive order that will raise the minimum wage for those employed by government contractors,</a> this step perhaps a reflection of a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-rough-2013-prompts-a-new-blueprint/2014/01/25/99cddd0c-846d-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html">new White House blueprint</a> that suggests the President should more often flex executive muscle on domestic issues. A welcome change <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/is-president-going-to-tap-his-power.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">to some observers</a>. <a href="http://aufc.3cdn.net/c33def534815859fa8_qlm6bnecl.pdf">Polling shows</a> that Republicans may pay a signifigant price in upcoming elections if they continue to block an increase in the minimum wage.<a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/democrats-reagan-era-obama-state-of-the-union"> Sahil Kapur writing for TPM</a> suggests a major theme will be the need to move the country out of Reagan era thinking on the role of government.
<blockquote><em><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-income-inequality-obama-20140127,0,2255903.story#ixzz2rhT3mgct">Two in three Americans are dissatisfied</a> with the nation's income and wealth distribution, according to a Gallup poll last week. And 45% express doubt about the ability to get ahead through hard work, twice the level of 2002.</em>
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<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20140127arizona-immigrant-activist-state-union-address.html">An undocumented immigrant from Arizona who fasted for 22 days</a> for immigration reform has been invited by first lady Michelle Obama to be her guest during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address tonight.
"I hope to hear they are finally going to solve the issue of our broken immigration system so people stop getting deported, families stop getting separated and people stop dying in the desert," Avila said.</em></blockquote>
As traditional, several such guests have been honored with an invitation to attend the address by the White House, this year <a href="http://thegrio.com/2014/01/28/antoinette-tuff-among-obama-guests-for-state-of-the-union/">including hero Antoinette Tuff.</a>
<blockquote><em> A bookkeeper and mother, Tuff is credited with preventing a shooting at an elementary school in the Atlanta suburbs in August. The White House said Tuff talked the suspect down by sharing personal struggles and connecting with him until he surrendered.</em></blockquote>
Republican Congressman Vance McAllister <a href="http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/28/22482819-duck-dynasty-star-coming-to-state-of-the-union">has invited his constituent Willie Robertson</a>, a star on the television show "Duck Dynasty" whose father Phil Robertson has recently faced criticism for <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/17/duck-dynasty-ratings-down-28-percent-after-phils-homophobic-racist-rant/">racist and homophobic remarks.</a>
<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/27/4780351/republicans-pitch-washington-state.html">Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK6c0pePQTE">Meet Cathy!</a>) will deliver the (<a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/state-of-the-union-curse-102676.html#.UufUymQo7-k">potentially cursed</a>) official Republican response to the address. <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/ros-lehtinen-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-response-in-spanish/2162989">Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen</a> will give the response in Spanish. <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/mike-lee-tea-party-sotu-response-102416.html">Senator Mike Lee</a>, a key player in the recent government shutdown, will offer the Tea Party response following the Republican response. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/23/rand-paul-to-deliver-alternate-response-to-state-of-the-union/">Senator Rand Paul,</a> who gave the Tea Party response last year, will also offer an additional response. Wait, isn't this all a bit muddled? <a href="http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/27/state-of-the-union-competing-rebuttals-muddle-republican-message/">Yes.</a> And <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/state-of-the-union-response_b_4642383.html">why not a Progressive response?</a>
Former Congressman <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ron-paul-real-state-of-the-union">Ron Paul</a> will be live tweeting his own response during the speech. Comedian <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/28/4781866/state-of-the-union-left-and-right.html">Bill Maher is taking over the Huffington Post Twitter account</a> for the night.
But wait, <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom-coburn-state-of-the-union?utm_content=buffer881cb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">does anybody even care</a> about the State of the Union address anyway? Well, let's find out. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.136111Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:32:48 -0800Drinky DieWhat Happens When the President Sits Down Next to You at a Cafehttp://www.metafilter.com/135814/What%2DHappens%2DWhen%2Dthe%2DPresident%2DSits%2DDown%2DNext%2Dto%2DYou%2Dat%2Da%2DCafe
"The world is made of people: I get this. Our republic only works if we know our leaders are fallible humans. I disagree with the U.S. government about plenty. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/what-happens-when-the-president-sits-down-next-to-you-at-a-cafe/283074/">None of this kept me from experiencing immediate, full-on, feverish anxiety.</a>" tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.135814Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:04:27 -0800paleyellowwithorangeThere was the world inside the plane and the world outside ithttp://www.metafilter.com/133495/There%2Dwas%2Dthe%2Dworld%2Dinside%2Dthe%2Dplane%2Dand%2Dthe%2Dworld%2Doutside%2Dit
Flying on Air Force One the day Kennedy died: <i>"In the small aft cabin, behind the bedroom, Sergeant Ayres is removing two rows of seats to make room for a casket. ... Johnson then asks [Robert] Kennedy where he should take the oath of office and what its exact words are. The questions are met with silence before Kennedy replies that he will find out and call back. He hangs up."</i> <a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/flight-from-dallas-1013">Esquire</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/projects/JFK-AF1/layout1.html">The Washingtonian</a>: <i>"The blue-and-white Boeing 707 sat waiting to whisk the presidential party to Austin for the final stop on the multiday Kennedy-Johnson Texas tour. Colonel James Swindal, the presidential pilot, had taken on only a small fuel load—carefully tested for contaminants before being used—because it was just another 180 miles to the state capital. But Air Force One would never depart for Austin."</i>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One">Air Force One</a>, the call sign for any airplane carrying the President of the United States, has flown every president since <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/original-air-force-found-decaying-arizona-article-1.1400350">Eisenhower</a> (FDR was the first president to fly while in office; Teddy Roosevelt the first president to fly at all; but neither flew in a plane with the call sign Air Force One). This month, both <strong>Esquire</strong> and the <strong>Washingtonian</strong> feature longform articles about the flight back to DC from Dallas after the JFK assassination.
Kenneth Walsh <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/03/special/books/sp_books_walsh052203.htm">wrote a book</a> about Air Force One (WaPo interview). On 9/11, the Bush team feared the terrorists <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034423/9-11-message-Air-Force-One-pilot-Mark-Tillman-got-flew-President-Bush.html">might try to ram Air Force One in the air</a> (Daily Mail). <a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/article/business/T043-C012-S010-flying-air-force-one.html">Flying on Air Force One</a> today. Wikipedia has a list of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government"> air transport used by heads of state and government</a>. <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/02/18/flying-on-air-force-one-with-the-obamas.html">Flying with the Obamas</a> in 2009. <a href="http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/air-force-one-big-fp-800x615.gif">Floor Plan</a>. <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/air-force-one-inside-barack-760172">Pictures</a> (and schematics). <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118571/">Harrison Ford movie</a>. <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/air-force-one">White House info</a>. <a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/air-force-one.htm/printable">How Stuff Works</a>. <a href="http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/military/af1/">Boeing</a>. Marine One<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_One"> is a helicopter</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.133495Sun, 03 Nov 2013 18:29:32 -0800Eyebrows McGeeSO OLD AS TO BE MOSTLY NONEXISTENT, CURRENTLYhttp://www.metafilter.com/129623/SO%2DOLD%2DAS%2DTO%2DBE%2DMOSTLY%2DNONEXISTENT%2DCURRENTLY
In response to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/us/politics/republicans-paint-clinton-as-old-news-for-2016-presidential-election.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">Senator Mitch McConnell</a> and his assertion that in 2016, Hillary Clinton will be too old to run for POTUS, Jezebel presents <a href="http://jezebel.com/101-things-older-than-hillary-clinton-637903862">101 Things Older Than Hillary Clinton.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.129623Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:29:08 -0800roomthreeseventeenThe State of our Metafilter is Stronghttp://www.metafilter.com/124919/The%2DState%2Dof%2Dour%2DMetafilter%2Dis%2DStrong
President Barack Obama will tonight give the<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/12/obama-state-of-the-union-jobs-afghanistan-north-korea/1912733/"> first State of the Union address of his second term in office.</a> The address will <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/state-union-2012-obama-focuses-jobs-economic-fairness-400188">again</a> focus strongly on the issues of jobs and the economy.
The Republican response will be delivered by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and will focus on traditional Republican messages of<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/marco-rubio-response-hits-obama-on-taxes-spending-87540.html"> lower taxes and spending</a>. The bilingual Senator plans to give his remarks in <a href="http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/02/07/rubio-to-deliver-republican-response-to-state-of-union-in-spanish-18928">both English and Spanish</a> in an attempt to reach out to the Latino community which has<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-16/the-gops-hispanic-problem-is-bigger-than-they-think"> proven difficult for Republican politicians to connect with.</a>
There will also be a Tea Party response delivered by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/12/first-on-cnn-in-tea-party-response-paul-will-urge-gop-to-embrace-immigrants-cut-spending/">Senator Paul will call for</a> reduced spending and debt and for the Republican party to be more welcoming of immigrants. <a href="http://www.jillstein.org/response_to_the_state_of_the_union">Jill Stein of the Green Party</a> will also give a response. Comprehensive live coverage is available online via <a href="http://www.c-span.org/">C-SPAN.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.124919Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:54:58 -0800Drinky Die"I will start an era of happiness for the nation"http://www.metafilter.com/123043/I%2Dwill%2Dstart%2Dan%2Dera%2Dof%2Dhappiness%2Dfor%2Dthe%2Dnation
In May 16, 1961, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee">Park Chung-hee</a> ended the Second Republic of South Korea by military coup. On December 18, 2012, his daughter, <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/12/2012121971544876848.html">Park Geun-hye</a>, became South Korea's president by democratic election under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saenuri_Party">Saenuri</a> party against human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in, of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_United_Party">DUP</a>. Although Park Chung-hee would eventually get shot by his own intelligence director at a banquet, many South Koreans (especially from Yeongnam, where he was born) say that his economic effect on South Korea was not insignificant. He was one of the largest factors in leading to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol">chaebol</a> megacorporation system and Korea's export-led development.
Park Geun-hye started her political career as an assemblywoman in the National Assembly. She tried for a presidential bid five years ago (presidents are elected every five years for one term) but was defeated in the Saenuri party primaries by Lee Myung-bak five years ago. Somehow, Saenuri remains in power, despite Lee-Myung-bak being <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/12/608_127294.html">"as popular as gout"</a>.
Compared to last election, which was a 45%-25% blowout for Lee Myung-Bak, this election was much more of a close thing. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/19/park-geun-hye-south-korea-election">Voter turnout was 75.8%</a>.
On North Korea, she remains an advocate on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Policy">Sunshine Policy</a>. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/park-geun-hye-leads-in-south-koreas-presidential-election/2012/12/19/783398d4-49e6-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html">WaPo</a> says that the issues were not as important as the identity politics, with Park as a "princess" and Moon as "the common man". I'm not quite sure where they got that: Moon was chief of staff of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Moo_Hyun">Roh Moo-hyun</a>.
Results were very <a href="http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/12/19/2012121901730.html">divided by region</a> (note: Korean link, Google Translate gets pretty bad). Seoul went Moon 52.2%-Park 47.5%. Incheon went Moon 50.6%-Park 49.0%. Gyeonggi province as a whole - with 48% of the Korean population - went Moon 50.9% and Park 48.8%. But Daegu went Park 79.9% to Moon 19.9%, and Gyeongbuk Province, which surrounds it, went 82.1% Park vs. 17.7% Moon. Park also had a fair advantage in Busan (60.3% vs. 39.5%) and Ulsan(59.9% vs. 39.9%). Jeju went for Park 51.8% vs. 47.9%. In other words, Korea is politically just as regionally split as ever. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.123043Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:26:00 -0800curuinor